South Williamsburg Loft Couple Sues Over Tenant in Apartment 2B

Harold and Elena Joyce filed suit against their landlord after a neighbor's arrival in a South Williamsburg building brought police visits, disturbing phone calls, and what the complaint describes as an unlivable situation.

Harold and Elena Joyce resided in a South Williamsburg loft before a new tenant moved into unit 2B.
The Joyces allege a pattern of disturbing phone calls and repeated police visits to the building following the neighbor's arrival.
A lawsuit was filed naming the landlord, not the neighbor, as the responsible party.
The complaint frames the situation as a failure of property management rather than a straight neighbor dispute.
The identity and circumstances of the tenant in 2B are not detailed in public filings reviewed by the source.

Harold and Elena Joyce had lived without incident in their South Williamsburg loft until a new occupant took up residence in apartment 2B. What followed, according to a lawsuit filed in connection with the property, included disturbing phone calls, a series of police visits to the building, and conditions the Joyces found untenable.

The suit names the landlord rather than the neighbor directly, positioning the complaint as a property-management failure. The Joyces allege the landlord knew or should have known about conditions at the building and failed to act.

Court filings reviewed by Curbed do not detail the specific nature of the phone calls or the cause of the police visits beyond characterizing them as “disturbing.” The complaint does not identify the tenant in 2B by name.

South Williamsburg loft conversions in the relevant block have changed hands repeatedly over the past decade, with several units listed on short-term rental platforms at various points — a detail the complaint does not address and the landlord has not publicly commented on.

The man in 2B, whoever he was, is not a named party in the suit.